"No two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is -- in other words, not a thing, but a think." - Penelope Fitzgerald

Mar 18, 2013

Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the Executive Branch of the US Gov & The GOP Civil War

This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987
scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the
Executive Branch of the United States Government to carry out operations
which are clearly contrary to the wishes and values of the American
people...

The
ability to exercise this power with impunity is facilitated by the
National Security Act of 1947. The thrust of the exposé is the
Iran-Contra arms and drug-running operations which flooded the streets
of our nation with crack cocaine. The significance of the documentary is
probably greater today in 2007 than it was when it was made. We now
have a situation in which these same forces have committed the most
egregious terrorist attack on US soil and have declared a fraudulent
so-called "War on Terror". The ruling regime in the US who have
conducted the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, are now banging the war
drum against Iran.Alternate Viewing Available On Vimeo:

The Constitution in Crisis - The Secret Government from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.Video Notes:
1. You start abroad and then you bring this behavior home
2. "A look at a government in the shadows"... 'and where the government will take us if the people let it!'
3. A policy of lies got accidentally exposed!
4. 'Since our adversaries know about our covert operations the only ones fooled are the America people.'Background:

GOP Civil War: At 7 minutes you see Ron Paul in the primary explaining that it was the type of actions, such as explained above, that created groups such as Al-Qaeda in the first place (these types of statements seems to be the reason for the harsh suppression by Mitt Romney & his allies in the Primary)

Quotes

"Make peace with the universe. Take joy in it. It will turn to gold. Resurrection will be now. Every moment, a new beauty." - Rumi

"God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that." - Joseph Campbell

"Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history." - Carl Jung

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society." - George Washington

“If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.” - Dalai Lama

“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison. When the door is so wide open?” ― Rumi